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Identify two characteristics that can be inferred about the doctor. In the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck.

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A small-time colonial who dreams of returning to a bourgeois European lifestyle. The doctor initially refuses to treat Coyotito but changes his mind after learning that Kino has found a great pearl. He represents the arrogance, condescension, and greed at the heart of colonial society.

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